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1 Pfennig - Barmen Textil-Industrie A.G.
| Issuer | Textil-Industrie A.G., Barmen |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal flan with a continuous pearl border following the coin's edges. The issuer's legend TEXTIL-INDUSTRIE A.G. BARMEN runs in a circular arrangement around a central pearl circle. Within the pearl circle, the numeral 1 is displayed prominently in the field, denoting the denomination. The overall design is plain and utilitarian, consistent with the emergency coinage (Notgeld) aesthetic of the period. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Barmen, now absorbed into Wuppertal, was one of the Ruhr's densest concentrations of textile manufacturing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Factory token issues like this one emerged from a practical necessity: chronic shortages of small-denomination Reichscoinage in industrial districts meant workers often couldn't make change in company canteens or on-site shops. Nickel-plated zinc was the material of convenience — cheap, workable, and just distinct enough from official coinage to satisfy the authorities.
The Hasselmann corpus remains the primary reference for Rhineland industrial tokens, and this piece's dual citation suggests it survived in enough examples to be cross-catalogued.